He Gave Her My Eyes A Story of Final Sight novel Chapter 36

Theresia couldn’t help but feel how unfair life could be. She mourned for the young lives lost far too soon, and the pain of it only made her more determined to keep living her own life, no matter what. After all, when you really think about it, nothing matters as much as life and death. Everything else is just background noise.

The surgery took hours. When Theresia was finally wheeled out of the operating room, the doctor looked at Helena and said, “The surgery went really well.” Helena broke down, crying tears of relief as she clung to Theresia and refused to let go.

Hanson, who had been watching through a video call, heard Helena sobbing and immediately thought something had gone terribly wrong. He was frantic. “Helena, why are you crying? What happened with the surgery? Just tell me, please. Can you calm down for a second?”

Helena just cried louder. “Hanson, shut up. I don’t want to talk to you right now.”

She had kept Hanson on video the whole time while she waited outside, but the noise in the hallway made it impossible for him to hear what the doctor said. All he saw was Helena start crying, and he panicked.

“Crap, it must have gone badly,” he thought, pacing around in his distant apartment. “Helena, just tell me what’s going on. Use your words.”

Helena wiped her face and sniffled. “Hanson, Theresia’s going to see again. I’m just so happy I can’t stop crying.”

See again? That sounded a little weird, but whatever. The important thing was the surgery worked.

Hanson’s mood did a complete 180. “Put Theresia on. I want to talk to her.”

Theresia was still a little out of it from the anesthesia, her eyes wrapped up in gauze, but she managed a soft smile. “Hanson, you don’t have to worry. I’m really okay.”

After ending the call, Helena leaned over and asked quietly, “Theresia, are you really done with everything that happened in Harrisburg?”

Theresia gave her a gentle smile. “He’s just my ex. That part of my life is over. There’s nothing left to hold on to.”

Helena could hear the honesty in her voice and finally felt at ease.

The surgery had gone so well that, even by the afternoon, Theresia could already sense light through her bandages. The doctor said that if she kept healing at this pace, she’d be able to take them off soon. For Theresia, it was the best news she’d had in ages.

Meanwhile, back in Harrisburg, things couldn’t have been more different.